Chapter 1240: The secret letter is strange, the doubts are clear
Chapter 1240: There is something fishy about the secret letter, all the doubts are clear
Jiazhou is located at the mouth of the Daning River. Shen Tang sat on the boat and looked west. The water was turbulent and he could not see the edge at a glance.
Tuo Junjing twitched his lips, but said nothing.
Firstly, it is because the Song Dynasty had a vast land and rich resources. Even if only half of the country is left, the territory and scenery are far beyond that of the small Goryeo.
Of course, the most important thing is that people have to bow their heads under the eaves.
Now, his identity is not the military commander of Goryeo, but just a prisoner of Shen Tang.
He didn't know Shen Tang well, but on the battlefield, Shen Tang was not polite to the soldiers and horses of Goryeo.
There were four to five thousand soldiers and horses, but only a few hundred were captured in the end, which is enough to show Shen Tang's ferocity.
There are all Shen Tang's guards on this ship, so you don't have to worry about being noticed by others when talking.
Moving forward slowly, Shen Tang and others chose the narrow spot of the river, so it only took more than an hour to reach the other side.
As soon as Shen Tang and his party landed ashore, a man dressed as a fisherman came up to them.
"Greetings to the general, news of other soldiers and horses has been sent over!"
Nodding, Shen Tang took the secret letter.
If a large number of soldiers and horses are easy to detect, but if only a few spies are sent out, the concealment will be extremely high.
Although language communication is a problem, as long as you are careful or pretend to be a merchant from the Jin Kingdom, the people of Goryeo will not notice anything unusual at all.
Shen Tang and others did not stop, but directly got into a carriage and continued moving forward.
In the carriage, Shen Tang opened the secret letter and looked at it carefully.
There were no accidents among the three soldiers and horses, and they were not discovered by the Goryeo soldiers and horses. However, some of the information in Pu Chasuo's secret letter made Shen Tang frown.
The letter said that it was already October, and the hunters among the people of Goryeo began to hunt in the mountains to prepare for the coming cold winter! Most of the places they traveled through were barren mountainous areas, so the journey was difficult. I encountered many hunters entering the mountains, some in groups, and some alone.
However, despite their caution, these hunters did not find any trace of them.
Shen Tang frowned and closed his eyes slightly, tapping his fingers lightly on the small table, but thinking about it in his mind. He always felt that this message was a bit weird.
Suddenly, Shen Tang opened his eyes and said to Tuo Junjing, "Speaking of which, although Goryeo is a small country, its combat power cannot be underestimated. In addition to hundreds of thousands of regular troops, the people are also extremely brave! "
"Just say that you hunters in Goryeo fight against tigers, leopards, jackals and wolves one by one. If such people go to the battlefield, they will definitely be the most ferocious soldiers!"
Shen Tang's sudden opening made Tuo Junjing slightly startled. Although he didn't know why Shen Tang suddenly praised Gao Li, he still had a complacent look on his face.
"Haha, of course!"
Tuo Junjing smiled proudly and said, "Think back then, if your Sui Dynasty or Tang Dynasty didn't want to conquer our country of Korea, didn't they all fail?
Are the current Jin and Song states more powerful than the Tang Dynasty back then?
Therefore, neither the Jin Kingdom nor the Song Kingdom can conquer us."
The two had been getting along for a long time, and Tuo Junjing naturally knew that Shen Tang was from the Song Dynasty.
However, he just thought that Shen Tang was from the Song Dynasty and was an official in the Jin Kingdom.
During the Wanyanyong era, the status of Song people in the Jin Kingdom improved a lot, especially those who were scholars, and many were recommended as officials in various places. Therefore, it was not surprising to see Song people serving as officials in the Jin Kingdom.
Having said this, Tuo Junjing smiled sarcastically, "Originally, I thought you could understand our country, Koryo, but I didn't expect it to be anything more than that.
The country of Korea is surrounded by waterways, so there are many people who make a living by water, but there are very few hunters.
Furthermore, the court of our Kingdom of Goryeo is much stronger than that of your Kingdom of Jin, and the common people’s families have their own surplus food, so naturally there are fewer and fewer hunters.”
When Shen Tang heard this, his eyes narrowed slightly, but he did not refute his words, but continued to ask, "Speaking of which, I have a question to ask you. Let's go all the way to the place where Beijing was opened and pass by Anbei Mansion. , Xijing and other places, which general of your Jin Kingdom is stationed in these places?"
Tuo Junjing thought for a while, and then said, "The person stationed in Anbei Mansion is General Li Gao, and the General in Xijing is General Zheng Zhongfu! You should pray now that you don't encounter the General's troops. The General has a secret weapon in his hand. There are 20,000 elites, and you are only 3,000 people. If we encounter them, I am afraid they will not be able to return to the Kingdom of Jin."
Shen Tang didn't care at all about Tuo Junjing's ridicule and contempt. On the contrary, he had a bright smile on his face.
Because, all the doubts in his mind were finally clear.
The hunters encountered by the Eastern Route Army were not ordinary people, but spies from the local military.
From Pu Chasuo's secret letter, Shen Tang could know that in the past two or three days, almost the entire Eastern Route Army was under enemy detection.
And until now, the enemy still has not taken action, so there are only two possible reasons.
One is that the enemy is gathering troops and horses, and is choosing a place to fight, or ambushing in a suitable place, waiting for them to enter the Jedi.
As for the second one, although these spies detected their movements, they did not think of mobilizing troops to encircle and suppress their golden army.
If it were anyone else, Shen Tang would definitely think that it was the first possibility. However, when he heard the names of Li Gao and Zheng Zhongfu from Tuo Junjing, Shen Tang's guess was that it was leaning towards the second possibility. .
The reason for this is that Shen Tang has information that others do not know, as well as knowledge about Li Gao and Zheng Zhongfu.
Let's talk about Zheng Zhongfu first. He was extremely powerful in the Goryeo Kingdom and was the number one in the army. Many generals trusted him very much. His status and prestige were even three points higher than that of Zhang Jun in the Song Dynasty.
Let's talk about Li Gao. He has a very good relationship with Zheng Zhongfu, but he is secretly ambitious.
Because the Goryeo court valued literature over military affairs, generals such as Zheng Zhongfu and Li Gao were extremely dissatisfied with the court. However, the court was now powerful. Although they had many soldiers and horses in the local area, they did not want to truly confront the court. Not much chance of winning.
However, Shen Tang knew that just three or four years later, the conflict between these military generals and the imperial court intensified to the extreme. After Zheng Zhongfu conspired with Li Gao and other military generals, they directly launched a rebellion, wiped out the civil servants above the imperial court, and directly King Yizong was deposed and Mingzong was established as king. However, Mingzong was basically just a puppet, and the real power was in the hands of Zheng Zhongfu, Li Gao and others.